\makeatletter
\let\oldlt\longtable
\let\endoldlt\endlongtable
\def\longtable{\@ifnextchar[\longtable@i \longtable@ii}
\def\longtable@i[#1]{\begin{figure}[t]
\onecolumn
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
\oldlt[#1]
}
\def\longtable@ii{\begin{figure}[t]
\onecolumn
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
\oldlt
}
\def\endlongtable{\endoldlt
\end{minipage}
\twocolumn
\end{figure}}
\makeatother
